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Start with a verifiable question
Which source produced this artifact, and which checks did it pass? Answering requires connecting information often scattered across the repository, CI, registry and platform. A scan result without an artifact identifier cannot explain what was delivered. A useful starting point is a path the team can replay for one precise version.
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Give evidence a clear purpose
NIST SSDF describes security practices to integrate into a development lifecycle. SLSA specifies increasing supply-chain guarantees, including provenance. These references address complementary questions: how to organize practices, and how to attest where an artifact came from. Neither replaces knowledge of the system or the decisions of the operating team.
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Build a readable chain
Connecting the commit, image digest, SBOM, check results and admission decision makes investigation more precise. Every control needs an owner and a defined response to failure. Exceptions deserve the same attention: reason, scope, review date and owner. Otherwise, a temporary bypass can quietly become normal practice.
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Plan what comes next
A deployment may pass all checks and still fail operationally. Verification must include meaningful signals, rollback procedures and retained traces. Kube Aegis Forge illustrates these connections in a public demonstrator. It is a basis for reading and local verification, not a compliance attestation for a client platform.
Sources and scope
A method note based on the references below and the engineering approach presented on this site. Application suggestions are editorial synthesis, not certification by the cited organizations.
NIST — Secure Software Development Framework ↗SLSA — Specification v1.2 ↗